A former tenant, who lived on the building's third floor, bred snakes, against the building management company's policy of no pets allowed, the grandson says.

When the former tenant moved out, neighbor Carolyn Sims says more than a dozen dead snakes were pulled from the apartment.

A search by Animal Care and Control Tuesday morning turned up no new snakes. Still, the building's management, Eastlake Management Group, says it will bring in a pest control company to search out any snakes possibly remaining.

The Chicago Herpetological Society will take possession of the ball python for its care. It says this type of snake it harmless to humans.